macOS need to know how to run ECLIPSE and java on intel mac

mac000 said:

I've downloaded eclipse for mac, but I cannot get any of my programs to run properly. I suspect i need some other program to go along with eclipse bc i've compied programs out of my text book so it is not a compiler error.

I am totally new to programming but I need to compile and run programs for a class at my University.

Can someone please tell me what all I need to have a ECLIPSE/JAVA enviornment run properly on OS X?

Once again, i have only downloaded Eclipse and it is verion 3.2.1

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mac000 said:

ok, so when i put in my DISC 1, i have a few options. When you say developer tools, do i want to install

1) XCODE TOOLS ~ PACKAGES ~ DEVELOPER TOOLS.PKG?

or

2) XCODE TOOLS ~ XCODETOOLS.MPKG?

or

3) something different?

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mrichmon said:

Have you installed Apple's Developer Tools? These come on your OS X install disk but a more recent version is available from the Apple web site. The download is a few hundred MB so you will want a fast connection before you download.

Developer Tools installs the Java SDK so if you do not have it installed you will have problems using Eclipse.

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